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Collection: Four Centuries of Religious Books for Children
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BRB0058
First editions of the illustrated abridgement of the Bible for children.
BRB0976
Second editions of An Abridgement of the Sacred History of Jesus Christ and His Apostles and An Abridgement of Scripture History Designed for the Amusement and Improvement of Children, printed in 1772 and issued bound together here in a publisher's…
BRB0835
The only edition of an early example of prolific English publisher John Newbery's abridged scriptures intended specifically for children. The text is complemented by eight plates, engraved after Raphael.
BRB0798
The first edition of this edition of a Thumb Bible (a condensed, miniature version of the Bible) includes woodcut illustrations.
BRB0230
Illustrated book of Bible stories for children.
Prothro B-318
This 1796 edition of The Holy Bible Abridged is similar in textual context to the 1792 New York edition, but includes a different set of illustrations.
BRB0793
An adaption of Sarah Trimmer's Sacred History for very young readers by an anonymous compiler, identified as "A.C.".
BRB0959
This small work consists of fifteen highly abridged Bible stories, with each two-page chapter comprised of a sketch in prose, a short poem, and a wood-engraved illustration.
BRB0351
This late seventeenth-century children's pictorial New Testament consists of 102 leaves of text and 102 copperplate engravings
BRB0394
German printing of the hieroglyphic Bible. For each passage, the book, chapter, and verse is indicated at the top of each plate, followed by the biblical passage with several words represented by illustrations. The full text is provided at the bottom…
BRB0776
Tenth London edition of the hieroglyphic Bible with woodcut engravings.
BRB0775
Hieroglyphic Bible with engravings and reproduced using stereotyping.
00426
Hieroglyphic Bible with wood cut illustrations.
00429
Hieroglyphic Bible with wood cut illustrations supposed to have been designed originally by Thomas Bewick, cut by Joseph Alexander Adams.
00425
Hieroglyphic Bible with wood cut illustrations supposed to have been designed originally by Thomas Bewick.
BRB0670
One of the earliest Lutheran catechisms, this is the first edition of this catechism for girls. Has a woodprint of the crucifixion.
BRB0677/C
Latin edition of the small catechism for students with illustrations. This copy is bound with three additional later sixteenth-century catechisms.
BRB0474
Canisius' catechism for beginning readers - a simplified version of the abridged version for students, Catechismus minimus.
BRB0725
Illustrated catechism printed in Milan for Spanish children including Christian doctrine in verse and devotional texts in verse.
BRB0690/A
This unique copy of a bilingual Dutch-French edition in a contemporary vellum binding is bound with three other early seventeenth-century catechisms.
BRB0683
Responding to a request from Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I (b. 1503, r. 1531–1564) for a new Catholic catechism, the Dutch-born Jesuit Canisius produced three versions for different readers, including Catechismus minimus for advanced students.
BRB0967/A-D
This sammelband includes four non-hymnal works by Watts, all catechisms written for children.
BRB0908
1792 illustrated German edition of Canisius' Catholic catechism for beginning readers. This little volume includes the Articles of Faith, the Ten Commandments, the works of charity, various prayers, and moral advice for children.
BRB0949
The two introductory catechisms for young readers in this illustrated pamphlet published by the American Sunday-School Union are based on catechisms originally prepared for Sunday schools in London.
BRB0075
An anonymous mother imparts religious advice and spiritual reinforcement to her daughter in a series of five formal letters. The volume concludes with expositions on the Apostles' Creed, the Ten Commandments, and the Lord's Prayer.
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